C'Est La Folie

by Michael Wright

Book Overview

One day in late summer, Michael Wright gave up his comfortable South London existence and, with only his long-suffering cat for company, set out to begin a new life. His destination was 'La Folie', a dilapidated 15th century farmhouse in need of love and renovation in the heart of rural France...
Inspired by the success of his column in the Daily Telegraph about La Folie, this book is his winningly honest account of his struggle to fulfil...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553817329
• ISBN13: 9780553817324
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

loved it

I found myself reading slowly so it wouldn't be over. I love this book.

The best I've Read

I have fallen in love with France, and have dreamed for quite some time about buying a house there. Unless I win the lottery it will never happen. In the meantime I have read just about every book available on the topic, and this is by far the best!! Michael Wright's style is fun, captivating, and I was sad when I finished C'est La Folie. I wanted more....

C'est magnifique!!

C'est la Folie was a non stop page turner of priceless and vast entertainment yet very informative proportions! Michael, you have done what I and many others passionately aspire to. Your delightfully descriptive passages, brimming with tales of your courageous and at times hilarious lessons in bravery as well as the joyful experiences from the birth of the lambs and chicks to finally bringing your beloved piano and Luscombe home to France, have inspired me to leave no stone unturned in my personal quest of moving to France to learn to be brave (amongst many other things), too. I was alongside you as you painted your shutters and wacked that viper twisted around your basin taps, I shed a tear when you had to bury Emil and rejoiced when the first chick pecked his/her way into this world. Thank you for sharing your wonderful life and for inadvertantly encouraging me to find mine. I look forward to the next labour of love that will be forthcoming from your pen. In the meantime I continue to follow the goings on at La Folie in your column in the Telegraph.

Loved it!

I just finished the book last night. I truly loved it and found it very entertaining. I love Michael Wright's style of writing. This book is a must for those who love travelling and exploring different places.

C'est La Folie

Superb - Peter Mayle for grown ups. Whilst there are endless books about moving to France this one is truly moving dealing with the joys, pitfalls & sheer courage of one mans attempt to find a more fulfilling way of life. If you are seriously thinking of living in France this book will fill you with both apprehension & an immediate desire to follow in Michael Wrights footsteps. Michael went looking for his hero & I found mine.